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Construction workers at a cluster housing project in Whitecliffe in Harare, one of the many projects underway across the country

Construction workers at a cluster housing project in Whitecliffe in Harare, one of the many projects underway across the country

The agrarian reform programme has benefited many indigenous Zimbabweans who are now pacesetters in some of the economic sectors that were previously dominated by a few whites. Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa toured the Arda owned Antelope Estate in Matabeleland South on Thursday which is a shining example of successful cattle rearing joint ventures in the country

Pottery has of late been a flouring business in Zimbabwe. Mzilikazi Arts Centre in Bulawayo is exporting many pottery products

Part of the 80 motorised graders worth about $16 million that were commissioned by President Mugabe in 2013 and distributed to the country’s 10 provinces for rural road maintenance to improve the state of the country’s road network

While some people would want try to portray Zimbabweans as the poorest lot on the planet, moving around the streets of Harare is not an easy thing as the roads can no longer cope with the volume of traffic

The Government has made huge strides in dealing with a decade-long road maintenance backlog that led to the deterioration of the national road network, hampering economic development. The rehabilitation of the 850km long Plumtree to Mutare Highway was completed recently at a cost of $206 million

Bindura University of Science Education is one of the nine State universities in the country, in 1980, Zimbabwe had only one university

Secured council-owned vending stalls worth $3 million built along Simon Mazorodze Road in Mbare

Blocks of Willowvale flats in Highfield, Harare, that were commissioned by President Mugabe in September 2011, were built under the Government revolving fund to ease accommodation to low-income earners

The land redistribution exercise by the Government saw over 300 000 indigenous Zimbabweans owning land that was previously a preserve of about 4 000 white farmers, with youths and women now actively involved. This year farmers are expected to earn $700 million